Russian millionaire considered for Soyuz flight
Posted: Thu, Jul 22 11:12 PM ET (0312 GMT)
A Russian millionaire may fly on a Soyuz taxi flight to the ISS this fall as a space tourist, although Russian officials have not decided...

X Prize announcement planned next week
Posted: Wed, Jul 21 1:21 PM ET (1721 GMT)
The X Prize Foundation, which administers the $10-million Ansari X Prize, is planning a press conference next week where one or more competing teams...

House subcommittee slashes NASA budget
Posted: Tue, Jul 20 6:52 PM ET (2252 GMT)
A House budget subcommittee cut more than $1 billion from NASA's proposed 2005 budget on Tuesday, with elements of the agency's new exploration...

Orbital reports quarterly profit
Posted: Tue, Jul 20 6:43 PM ET (2243 GMT)
Orbital Science Corporation announced Tuesday increased revenues and profits in its fiscal second quarter. The company reported net income of $11.1 million on $177....

EADS to build imaging satellite for Thailand
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
European aerospace company EADS announced Monday that it has signed a contract with Thailand's space agency to build a remote sensing satellite that may...

Shuttle return-to-flight costs climb
Posted: Mon, Jul 19 1:56 PM ET (1756 GMT)
The cost of returning the space shuttle to flight after last year's loss of Columbia continues to climb, NASA officials said Friday, with the...

Ariane 5 launches Anik F2
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
After near a week of delays, an Ariane 5 launched a Canadian communications satellite Saturday night. The Ariane 5G lifted off from the Kourou Space...

Spirit finds Martian bedrock
Posted: Sun, Jul 18 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, moving backwards to deal with a faulty wheel, has encountered a bedrock outcrop that may contain some of the...

Ariane launch delayed again
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 11:13 AM ET (1513 GMT)
For the third time in less than a week the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket was scrubbed, this time because of fueling problems. The...

NASA selects New Frontiers mission candidates
Posted: Sat, Jul 17 10:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
NASA announced Friday the selection of missions to the Moon and Jupiter as finalists to be the agency's next mission in its New Frontiers...